Initial Command Structure:
Ship's captain: Commander Motokura Masayoshi. Assigned to Desdiv 20, Desron 3, First Fleet.

20-26 November:
Steamed with Desron 3 from Kure to Samah (Hainan).

4 December 1941-30 January 1942:
Escorted troop convoys out of Samah and Camranh Bay in Malaya invasion operations.

19 December:
Assisted in sinking of Dutch submarine O-20.

27 January 1842: Battle off Endau
Assisted in sinking of HMS THANET.

15 February:
With Bangka-Palembang invasion force.

21-24 February:
Covered minesweeping operations at Singapore and Johore Straits.

12 March:
With Northern Sumatra invasion force.

23 March:
With Andaman Islands invasion force.

6 April: Indian Ocean Raiding Operations
Escorted CHOKAI, YURA and RYUJO; assisted in sinking of six merchant ships (plus two sunk and one heavily damaged by RYUJO aircraft).

13-22 April:
Steamed from Singapore via Camranh Bay to Kure, then docked for maintenance.

4-5 June: Battle of Midway
Escorted Admiral Takasu's Aleutians Guard Force.

30 June-2 July:
Escorted troop convoy from Kure to Amami-O-Shima, then antisubmarine patrolling there.

17-31 July:
Steamed from Amami-O-Shima via Mako, Singapore and Sabang to Mergui (Burma) for Indian Ocean raiding operations, aborted due to Guadalcanal.

8-17 August:
Steamed from Mergui via Makassar to Davao.

19-23 August:
Escorted troop convoy from Davao to Truk.

24 August:
Departed Truk, escorting troop convoy toward Guadalcanal.

26-28 August:
Led troop transport run to Guadalcanal (aborted). Transferred troops from transports while at sea (1-5 N, 156-35 E) and steamed ahead towards Guadalcanal. Medium damage: in attack by U.S. dive bombers; direct hit near bridge; 32 dead, including Comdesdiv 20 (Captain Yamada Yuji), and 40 injured; then to Shortlands on 30 August.

31 August-1 September:
Carried Comdesron 2 (Rear Admiral Tanaka Raizo) from Shortlands to Truk, then emergency repairs.

3 September:
Commander Motokura (to C.O. TOKITSUKAZE) relieved by Lieutenant Commander Maekawa Nisaburou (prev. C.O. ASAGIRI).

1 October:
Desdiv 20 deactivated; designated "Reserve Ship" while under repair.

6 October:
Arrived Kure from Truk, then docked for repairs.

25 January 1943:
Assigned to Eighth Fleet; departed Kure same day for Rabaul, then Rabaul-Shortlands patrol/escort duty.

25 February:
Assigned to Desdiv 11, Desron 3, Eighth Fleet.

28-30 April:
Steamed from Rabaul to Shortlands, then transport run to Rekata and Buka.

3-4 May:
Transport run to Rekata and Buka.

6-7 May:
Transport run to Rekata and Buka.

10 May:
Transport run to Rekata, then to Rabaul on 12 May.

15-16 May:
Departed Rabaul on antisubmarine sweep. Heavy damage: torpedoed on 16 May by USS GRAYBACK (SS-208) northwest of Kavieng near Mussau Island; dead in water, damaged bow, nine dead; towed into Rabaul by AMAGIRI on 18 May, then alongside YAMABIKO MARU for emergency repairs.

24 July-1 August:
Escorted convoy from Truk to Yokosuka.

7 August:
Arrived Kure, then docked for repairs. ("X" turret possibly removed/replaced by two triple 25mm mounts during these repairs.)

25 October:
Lieutenant Commander Maekawa (to C.O. ASASHIMO) relieved by Lieutenant Commander Otsuji Shuuichi (prev. C.O. ASANAGI).

7-18 November:
Accompanied AKIKAZE on aircrew/airbase materials transport mission from Tateyama via Saipan and Truk to Rabaul.

21 November:
Troop transport/evacuation run to Buka.

24-25 November: Battle of Cape St. George
Troop transport/evacuation run to Buka. Sunk: by gunfire of USS CHARLES AUSBURNE (DD-570), USS CLAXTON (DD-571) and USS DYSON (DD-572), 50 miles east of Cape St. George (04-44 S, 154 E). 278 survivors rescued by I-177 and 11 by I-181; Lieutenant Commander Otsuji killed in action.

15 December 1943:
Removed from Navy List.